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DEFINITION: n. A chronic slow talker, who plods relentlessly, even when everyone else has figured out what they are trying to say. v. To talk in a painfully slow manner.
Verboticisms
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Verbasnail
Created by: BMott
Pronunciation: verb-uh-snail
Sentence: She itched trying to resist helping the verbasnail seated across from her finish his sentence.
Etymology: Verba: of or pertaining to language. -- Snail: critter known for being incredibly slow.
Droneprone
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: drone/prone
Sentence: Pierre Pantperhog was known among family, friends, and foes alike as a dithering "droneprone" dude.
Etymology: drone + prone
Nadayadayada
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: nah-da-yah-da-yah-da
Sentence: we all wanted him to summarise the story but he was a well known nadayadadyada so we had to hear the whole damn thing
Etymology: nada [none], yada yada [used to summarise stories]
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COMMENTS:
a bit long - but he idea is brilliant and the sound of the word is nice. here's my vote. - w5lf9s, 2007-03-02: 11:43:00
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Borator
Created by: iwasatripwire
Pronunciation: bore-ate-er
Sentence:
Etymology: bore+orator
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COMMENTS:
Good word!! - Stevenson0, 2007-03-02: 17:56:00
Yes, A boring speaker at a function for the make-glorious benefit of Kazakhstan! - petaj, 2007-03-02: 20:06:00
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Monolonguer
Created by: magenta
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He is a classic monolonguer, he just never stops going on and on...
Etymology: Monologue and long
Monotologue
Created by: kateh
Pronunciation: muh NOT uh log
Sentence: Once Peter starts on one of his monotologues, you had better be prepared with some strong coffee to keep yourself awake.
Etymology: monotony and monologue
Talkumentary
Created by: aj3131
Pronunciation: Talk-u-mentary
Sentence: Everybody want the dude to stop giving us a talkumentary about how he scraped the pimples off his back.
Etymology: talk + (doc)umentary
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COMMENTS:
i really like it but it seems to be more the things the person is saying instead of the actual person...? its good otherwise - ekath, 2007-03-06: 22:16:00
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Procrastanarrator
Created by: sunny
Pronunciation:
Sentence: The procrastanarrator sucked all the oxygen from the room.
Etymology:
Monotonacity
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: mon-O-tone-as-city
Sentence: Jill spoke to David with monotonacity, determined to make her point, droning on and on till David finally fell asleep.
Etymology: monotone/tenacity,persistant determination
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COMMENTS:
This is the defining characteristic of Ben Stein's character in Ferris Beuller's Day Off. - ErWenn, 2007-03-03: 08:25:00
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Slowlanespeaker
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: slow-lane-speak-er
Sentence: John is a slowlanespeaker who just putters along talking at his own pace no matter how fast the world around him is zipping by.
Etymology: slowlane (i.e. traffic lane) + speaker
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Stevenson0.
Thank you Stevenson0! ~ James
BMott - 2007-03-09: 00:10:00
Loved this one!
Today's definition was suggested by Stevenson0. Thank you Stevenson0. ~ James
Hey Verbotomists, Jasper Fforde is sending us signed copy of The Eyre Affair for the top writer this week. I guess Fforde did not want to see his heroine, Thursday Next, trapped in verbalaze of boratoric snailocution. ~ James